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Arthropodium curvipes S.Moore

Reference
J.Linn.Soc.,Bot. 34:227 (1898)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tuberous, spreading perennial, herb, 0.05-0.2 m high. Fl. pink-purple/white, Aug to Sep. Red or black sand, sandy clay. Granite outcrops.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 June 1994
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Menzies, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Tammin, Trayning, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.